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Farming. Mason Ledwig Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton, Matagorda County. Cotton Bales at the Midfield Cotton Gin 1914. Midfield Cotton Gin. Fig Orchard Palacios, Texas . Cotton Pickers 1915. Today’s Combines . Cut in field by machine Hauled out by auger wagon
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Farming Mason Ledwig Tidehaven High School Shelley Anderson El Maton, Matagorda County
Fig Orchard Palacios, Texas
Today’s Combines • Cut in field by machine • Hauled out by auger wagon • Then taken by 18 wheeler to dryers to be stored and sold.
Todays combines can cost 350,000 brand new. • Cut up to 120 acres a day
Feeding rice to combine • Header now a days cuts then the feeder house feeds stalk to combine
Rice out of auger from combine. • Bagging to be shipped.
Hand cut rice being hauled to combine • People hand cut instead of machine
Early 1900’s combine • Stationary • Needed pre-cut rice • Didn’t have header to cut like todays • Much slower maybe 20 acres a day depending on help
Cut Rice Field • Took days depending on size • Sometimes weeks
Works Cited • Triangle Turf (Savage Family) interviews • Images by Mason Ledwig • Music from www.iluvwavs.com
References • Matagorda County Museum